Rhino Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 I was helping a friend sight in his turkey gun this past weekend and just mentioned to him that I replaced my turkey choke this year (with another Rhino 670) and what I went through testing shot shells for the right combo. My old Rhino choke was about 8 years old and I replaced it because it didn't have that smooth feeling inside the choke anymore. His response was he replaced his turkey choke every 2 years for that reason. Yep I was sort of shocked. How often do you consider changing yours? BTW, Winchester Supreme Elite shells wouldn't pattern worth a flip out of his Beretta Xtrema2 either. His did best with Remington Hevishot #6's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? I have never replaced my turkey choke yet, of course I've only been chasing birds a few years now, but it really does not get shot much except when gun patterning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? Hummm...good question. I recently bought a new aftermarket choke for my Winchester 1300...I use to just use the factory X-Full choke that came with it. I've probably had that gun for at least 7 or 8 years. The choke in my Benelli SBE is probably 5 or 6 years old. The only reason I changed it was to try the hevi-shot loads...my old choke was not approved for hevi. It ended up not patterning any better than copper plated lead so I stuck with the lead shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbeard Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? Never, do test it every year and so far it's doing the same as I bought it some 7 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? [ QUOTE ] The only reason I changed it was to try the hevi-shot loads...my old choke was not approved for hevi. It ended up not patterning any better than copper plated lead so I stuck with the lead shot. [/ QUOTE ] Hummmm....Sounds familiar. My new Rhino choke patterns #6 lead and 4x6 lead a little better than #6 hevishot and noticably better than both #5 hevishot and #5 lead. That is with Remington shells though. It doesn't like Winchester shells. Must be a Mason/Dixon Line thing. I'm back to shooting Remington lead again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paintbrush Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? In 8 years,I've never replaced the choke.It patterns just as good now as it did when I first bought it.Only shot 2 to 6 rounds a year threw it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? I would think if a fellow was shooting a quality tube (one made from billet steel and not tubing) he'd have a hard time wearing it out shooting lead or Xtended. Remington Hevi, Hevi 13 & Federal Heavyweight are all WAY harder than choke tube steel. It only stands to reason that you'd be chewing the inside out of your tube by shooting it. A rough bore in the tube after shooting lead could just be plastic build-up, which can be cleaned out. The Comp-N-Choke tubes in my guns all have probably a minimum of 150 shots through them.....on up to several hundred. I notice no difference in patterning density in either the 10" circle or the 3" core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? [ QUOTE ] The Comp-N-Choke tubes in my guns all have probably a minimum of 150 shots through them.....on up to several hundred. I notice no difference in patterning density in either the 10" circle or the 3" core. [/ QUOTE ] Thats good to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? I can't say I've ever wore out a choke on any of my shotguns yet. Like Strut said a rough bore in the tube normally just means it needs cleaned due to build up. My father has used some of the same choke tubes on his shotguns for 20 some years now and I can only remember back to one ever wearing out and it was a cheapo off name brand choke tube and it didn't surprise us when it wore out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? Can honestly say that I have never replaced my turkey choke. There have not been too many rounds through it yet. Have had the gun I think for maybe 4 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? [ QUOTE ] Remington Hevi, Hevi 13 & Federal Heavyweight are all WAY harder than choke tube steel. [/ QUOTE ] That's why I changed mine this year and also one of the reasons I'm not shooting Remington Hevi anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maytom Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Re: How often do you replace your turkey choke? If a choke tube is designed to shoot hevishot type of loads, how would it wear out? I can see shooting hevishot loads out of a choke tube "NOT" designed to shoot hevishot, wear out though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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